Yuletide Fires

December 20 & 21, 2008

This year’s Yuletide Fires glows with the warmth of candlelight on old icons and moonlight on the gentle hills of Tuscany as Chor Leoni presents a decidedly Italianate Christmas with special guests soprano Mariateresa Magisano and the Elektra Women’s Choir. The concert’s centrepiece is Ottorino Respighi's Lauda per la Natività del Signore, a beautiful pastoral cantata depicting the nativity of Jesus as the shepherds might have seen it. Enchanting rustic harmonies, vivid orchestral colour, and ancient plainchant combine to create a concert of expectation and mystical vision.

Special guests: Mariateresa Magisano, mezzo-soprano
Elektra Women's Choir, Morna Edmundson & Diane Loomer, C.M., co-conductors

Tickets for both Christ Church Cathedral performances on December 20 are sold out except for rush seats ($20) behind the choir. These will be available at the door 15 minutes before each concert starts.

Saturday, December 20th, 2008 @ 3:00 PM -  SOLD OUT except for rush seats

Christ Church Cathedral
690 Burrard St., Vancouver, BC

Saturday, December 20th, 2008 @ 7:30 PM - SOLD OUT except for rush seats

Christ Church Cathedral
690 Burrard St., Vancouver, BC

Sunday, December 21st, 2008 @ 3:00 PM - TICKETS AVAILABLE

Church of the Good Shepherd
2250 150 St., Surrey, BC
Click here for a map to Church of the Good Shepherd
Tickets
  • Adults $28
  • Seniors/Students $23

ticketmaster or charge by phone: 604.280.3311
service charges applicable
*$20 tickets for seating in the Cathedral’s chancel will be available at the door 15 minutes before the December 20 performances begin. These seats offer great sound but limited sight lines as they are behind the choir.*

Notes & Reviews

  • An Italianate Treat: Chor Leoni’s Yuletide Fires (November 12, 2008) Chor Leoni's 2008 iteration of Yuletide Fires glows with the warmth of candlelight on old icons and moonlight on the gentle hills of Tuscany as we present a decidedly Italianate Christmas with special guests soprano Mariateresa Magisano and the renowned Elektra Women's Choir. ...

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